The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-17
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES X
HOGS which lave been wjlntefed WIN
not only live, but thrive OH grass or
clover pasture. They can be kept along
ION such pasture without other FOOD
latll spring grain is ripe. IL Peas are tire.
best feed FOR hogs and 'thes8 will be-
ready in about 81 months after sowing.
Barley is next best Of the spring grains,
and willsmature sooner than the pens !,
early sweet corn can be- Utilized to GOOD
advantage, to be followed by latervariea
ties, and fed stalks and all, ;ai,d tho
hogs will eat 1t with great relish. Thelx.
are more fattening properties In aWeut
corn-stalks than most people SUPPOSE
With the above auxillaries hogs mn q l,e
kept growing through the Summer, a,nl
be fattened without any corn. Ionnm
pigs. llowsver, will require something
more than pasture. 8 Wheat mlda a}ipps.
or ground oats with the ANlls sifted
out, and slightly fermented, will make
the best kind of food for pigs. The
hulls of the oats arc excellent for the
calves 0r,coWs. If sows are Sucking
pigs, they Will require additional food
until the peas or barley are ready for
them, The hogs may be turned into
the peas, and thus harvesting and grind
ing Will be unnecessary, The waste will
be scarcely anything. Wheat might
take the place OF corn, and If ground
entire In small quantities 1t will be OK.
cellent food for swine. 1sas '7s@
WHEN we consider. the cost ef all
the fences In the country, the time anu
labor 1t takes to make them and keep
them in repair, the question Of how the
most substantial ones can be made at
least cost is worth noting. We wish
TO describe one which we know to be
"a good thing" though possible, others
may claim to have better. Posts should
be set at the usual distances, and light
rails and some common bale wire made
ready. Two persons can work to better
advantages than one In putting up the
fence; drive staple, into which one
end OF the wire is fastened into posts
| just where the first roll Is to be put; Law
In the end Of the rail and carry the
wire over 1t and drive another STAPLE
over the wire just above this rail, FIRST
drawing the wire tight; proceed in the
same manner with the next above, and
SO on, until as many are put up &, re-
quired; the upper end of the wire may
be Fastened above the post or another
staple driven into which the wire NAV
be made fast The advantages Of this
style OF fence are, that it is not expen-
sive; the ends OF the rails cannot split
out as when spikes are driven into
them; 1T takes but little room, doing
away with the hedge rows.
TRANspLANTINa VEGETABLES. :.
The common practice Of trausplanting
early vegetables from hot-beds is usual
~ performed without any previous pre-
paration Of the roots. But as they
always meet with some check in the
removal, various modes are adopted for
preventing it in those plants most affec.
ted by 1t, such for instance as cucum.
bers. tomatoes, etc. One mode Is the
use Of small pots, from which the plants
are taken to set ID open ground.
! Another is planting the seed on inyer.
teA sods, which are lifted out with the
growing plants on them, and set into
the ground. One Of the best modes,
however, Is to employ flat turnips,
scooplng them out and filling the cavity
with fine mould to receive tho seed.
When the plants are large enough, The
whole Is taken up and the turnips set
two or three inches beneath the sur
face. There Is no mGtilation of the
roots, no check in growth, aud the
turnip soon decays.
THERE is a limit to which the ilow
Of milk may profitably be carried. If
the secretion is crowded too hard the
product becomes vitiated, more Watery
and decays sooner. Scattering globules
OF blood are Of frequent occurrence IN
the large yields Of milk, and the larger
the yield the more numerous they are
apt to be. Occasionally, at the last
end OF q milking, the blood will flow
out nearly pure. When this extreme
has been reached the secretion is too
large, and 1t may be remedied by leav.
ing back part OF the milk at each
milking till the flow dries down to an
amount the food and vigor of the COW
can sustain.
IHE ont crop is too generally treateS
as of little consequence and often sowii,,
late on land not regardedsfis 1flt for any
thing else. So long gsFas this practice
prevails The Averages yield and profit is
likely to be- Very small. The fact that
III many places oats are mainly fed Ia
sf6ck leads to his neglect. They are
I not the crops on which the farmer
relles TO raise money to pay hired helI
Or to clear off mortgages. But those
| who give oats good treatment find
}that the crop Is as responsive to good
culture and manure as any other,
One farmer who. used large quantities
Of phosphates on all his crops says that
they pay as we'll or better on oats as
on any other.
! THAT we overfeed in some cases .aHd
underfced In others, as o rule, when
the reverse would answer the purpose
better Is clear. We underfeed when
we grow our young stock, doubtless. In
the majority Of cases, take the country
through and the exceptional cases
which occur have often tho wrong kind
Of food given them--an undue propor-
ton Of fat-forming clements, as when
corn 10 made the principal feed. We
thus get puny stock lacking tho growth
of which 1t is capable.
i A MOST desirable little pig is ths
genuine "Small Yorkshire.n It would
seem impossible to breed any animal
having more economical proportions for
matchmaking. Pigs Of this breed are
not 80 small as their name would imply.
sometimes weighing from 100 to ITO
pounds at six months old. They are
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